Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अंधकोऽपि समालोक्य संप्राप्तां देववाहिनीम् । सगणां च महादेवं परितोषं परं गतः

Transliteration

aṃdhako'pi samālokya saṃprāptāṃ devavāhinīm | sagaṇāṃ ca mahādevaṃ paritoṣaṃ paraṃ gataḥ

Translation

وأمّا أَنْدَهَكَ أيضًا، فلما رأى جموع الآلهة قد وصلت، وشاهد مهاديفا مع غَناته، امتلأ برضا شديد وبهجة عارمة.

Word by Word

• अन्धकः: Andhaka (the demon)
• अन्धकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’

• समालोक्य: having seen
• समालोक्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आलोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having seen’

• संप्राप्ताम्: arrived, having come
• संप्राप्ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; देववाहिनीम् इति विशेषण

• देववाहिनीम्: the army of the gods
• देववाहिनीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + वाहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां वाहिनी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सगणाम्: with (his) attendants/hosts
• सगणाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-समास (‘गणैः सह’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (देववाहिनीम्) इति विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• परितोषम्: satisfaction, delight
• परितोषम्: Gati/Phala (गति/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परितोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘परं’ इति विशेषण

• परम्: supreme, great
• परम्: Guna (गुण/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; परितोषम् इति विशेषण

• गतः: attained, reached
• गतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past active participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘he became/attained’

Speaker

Sūta (implied continuation of narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka, seeing the deva-host and Mahādeva with gaṇas, brightens with fierce satisfaction—eyes wide, posture proud—contrasting with the ominous divine procession.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka (Andhakāsura)
• Devas
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma often mistakes confrontation with the divine as triumph; inner delusion can appear as ‘joy’ when ego seeks battle rather than surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya framework, though this verse focuses on the Andhaka conflict.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.